Al-Ma'idah
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Al-Ma'idah · Ayah 71

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Translation

And they thought

Word Breakdown

وَحَسِبُوٓا۟

And they thought

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

حَسِبُFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculinePluralPast
Rootحسب
Very common

to reckon, count, account; to think, consider

Lemmaحَسِبَ

Verb (form I) - to think

وٓا۟Ism · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine plural)

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
وَحَسِبُوٓا۟ (And they thought) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Conjunction وَ (and)
وَحَسِبُوٓا۟ (And they thought) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Sahih International

And they thought there would be no [resulting] punishment, so they became blind and deaf. Then Allāh turned to them in forgiveness; then [again] many of them became blind and deaf. And Allāh is Seeing of what they do.

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